November 27, 2018

Childlike Faith

Darlene S. Mackey (Tennessee)

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The priests could not perform their service  because of the cloud, for the glory of  the Lord filled the temple of God. - 2 Chronicles 5:14 (NIV)

When I was a child, I thought that God was actually in the streams of light that sometimes break through the clouds in the sky. It seemed to me that God was trying to reach down from heaven to earth to comfort and reassure us even on those cloudy and...

Today's Prayer

Dear Father, open our eyes to see you everywhere we are and in everything we do. Give us a childlike faith that longs for your presence. We pray through Jesus, our savior. Amen.

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